Chicago Weather O'Hare Forecast Friday, November 18 2016 at 8:21:51 AM CT

NWS Forecast for: Amf Ohare IL
Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL
Last Update: 7:17 am CST Nov 18, 2016


Hazardous Weather Outlook Below Forecast

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 3am and 5am, then a chance of snow showers after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers between 11am and noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.


Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 44.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 9am, then rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.

Tuesday Night: Showers. Cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 48.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Thanksgiving Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.


Amf Ohare IL
41.98°N 87.9°W

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
437 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
191045-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
437 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 /537 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK LATE TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION:

DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION TODAY...WITH A
STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH. IT WILL BE VERY WINDY EVEN OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT BECOMING WESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A FEW
HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING. COLD AIR AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL LINGER INTO EARLY
SATURDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS OVER FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS COULD SEE
A DUSTING OF SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SATURDAY...
LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK IN THE MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH...

&&

$$

LMZ740>745-191045-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
437 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GALE FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WAVES ARE LIKELY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
GALE FORCE WINDS OR VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES ARE LIKELY.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.

&&

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-191045-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
437 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ON FAR SOUTHERN
LAKE MICHIGAN. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON NORTHERN PARTS OF THE LAKE SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENING.

&&

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